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Title
Year
Virtual Systems – Actual Objects: Rendition of Morphosis ' Compositional Principles in the mid 1980s
2018
Formal Analysis and Computer Process - Medley I/II
2018
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand’s Clockwork
2018
Le squelette de la Maison du Peuple : hypothèse de restitution 3D
2017
Espaces de processus/Espaces d'analyse. Description graphique de mécanismes géométriques compositionnels et représentationnels. Los Angeles dans les années 1980 : morceaux choisis
2017
Jean Prouvé - 3D short movies
2016
Caractérisation de formes architecturales. Une approche expérimentale intégrant complexité et intelligibilité des représentations numériques
2016
Study and Rendition of Jean-Baptiste Hourlier's projection drawings
2016
Architectural Analysis & Computer Process IV
2016
Morphosis Drawings and Models in the Mid 1980s: Graphic Description of Graphic Thinking
2016
Architectural Analysis & Computer Process III
2015
Architecture « résolument » numérique : Paradigm Shift vs. paradigme albertien ?
2015
Immeuble Bessonneau à Casablanca - Hypothèse de restitution de l’état originel
2015
Reduce to Understand: a Challenge for Analysis and Three-dimensional Documentation of Architecture
2015
Analyse architecturale, modélisation 3D et narration filmique : un regard original sur quelques objets corbuséens
2015
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand - Representation as Instrument
2015
Architectural Analysis & Computer Process II
2014
Education in Architectural Analysis through Hybrid Graphic Means: a Setup for Critical Thinking
2014
Architectural Analysis & Computer Process I
2013
Aménagement du Hall des Beaux-Arts par Lucien-Jacques Baucher
2013
Baucher-Blondel-Filiponne - 3D short movies
2012
La complexité inhérente aux modèles numériques et le paradigme de la représentation architecturale - Brèves considérations sur les pratiques contemporaines
2012
Jacques Dupuis & Albert Bontridder - 3D short movies
2011
Photomodélisation de la Maison de Verre de Paul-Amaury Michel
2010
Van Buuren House Orthophotographic Survey
2009
Al Taybeh 3D Photogrammetric Survey
2008
Architectural analysis and relevance of digital representation techniques - An educational experiment
2007
Peter Eisenman's Houses I to X
2002
EXPLORER: A Procedural Modeler Based on Architectural Knowledge
1997
POV-Ray: architectural analysis and computer rendering
1995

Stoclet 1911 - Hypothesis

Collaborating institution: ubran.brussels
Budget: 70.173 €

2020-2024

The scientific study of the Palais Stoclet is part of a collaboration between the Brussels-Capital Region (Urban.brussels) and the ULB. On the basis of an in-depth examination of archive sources documenting the building immediately after its construction, as well as a detailed architectural analysis of its remarkable spaces, the aim is to produce a 3D model (hypothesis of restitution) of the building in its original state between 1911 and 1918. While the building's exceptional character is attributable to the famous architect Josef Hoffmann, this total art project also features contributions from major artists of the Viennese Secession movement, such as the famous painter Gustav Klimt. The scientific study of the Palais Stoclet is part of a collaboration between the Brussels-Capital Region (Urban.brussels) and the ULB. On the basis of an in-depth examination of archive sources documenting the building immediately after its construction, as well as a detailed architectural analysis of its remarkable spaces, the aim is to produce a 3D model (hypothesis of restitution) of the building in its original state between 1911 and 1918. While the building's exceptional character is attributable to the famous architect Josef Hoffmann, this total art project also features contributions from major artists of the Viennese Secession movement, such as the famous painter Gustav Klimt.

A landmark of Belgian heritage, the Palais Stoclet has for some years now been on the very select list of Brussels buildings included on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Despite this international recognition, the building remains little known to the general public. Through this research, the Brussels region hopes not only to make this knowledge accessible to as many people as possible, but also to build up a scientific information base on the spatial aspects of the building and its remarkable spaces. Behind this project of digital documentation of the work of the architect Josef Hoffmann, the research conducted by the AlICe laboratory of the Faculty of Architecture (ULB) aims to consolidate, around the three-dimensional representation of the building, a knowledge base that can be enriched over time.

More specifically, the digital reconstruction of the Palais in its 1911-1918 state is based on textual, photographic and graphic sources. These provide researchers with information on the nature of the materials, the morphology/geometry of the architectural elements and, where appropriate, their dimensions. The entire architectural part of the reconstruction hypothesis is therefore formulated by reading, interpreting and even extrapolating the information contained in these sources. By indexing and linking the sources with the digital model, the scientific approach aims to provide the most accurate possible account of the knowledge that researchers have about the Palais at a given point in its history. The aim is not only to produce a tool capable of expressing the relative degree of current knowledge about the state of the Palais when it was delivered between 1911 and 1918, but also to ensure the traceability of the intellectual approach for future research work.

The 3D restitution hypothesis of the Palais Stoclet and the researchers have been awarded the 2024 prize for scientific dissemination by the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). This prize recognises the researchers' commitment to disseminating knowledge, as well as several years of sometimes difficult research.

Research team:

Jean Trottet (Research & 3D modeling, ULB)

David Lo Buglio (Scientifique supervision & project lead, ULB)

Urban experts:

Thierry Wauters, Cecilia Paredes, Isabelle Leroy, Stéphane Demeter, Guy Conde-Reis

Press coverage and conferences :

RTBF


BX1


Bloomberg

" Belgian Architectural Marvel May Soon Get Its Public Debut"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-19/belgian-architectural-marvel-may-soon-get-its-public-debut

Le Soir

"Visite virtuelle dans les salons du palais Stoclet"

https://www.lesoir.be/555478/article/2023-12-14/visite-virtuelle-dans-les-salons-du-palais-stoclet-videos

RTBF

"Les héritiers attaquent en justice la modélisation du Palais Stoclet par des architectes de La Cambre"

https://www.rtbf.be/article/les-heritiers-attaquent-en-justice-la-mo...lisation-du-palais-stoclet-par-des-architectes-de-la-cambre-11267217

VRT

"Kijk voor het eerst binnen in het luxueuze Stocletpaleis: Brussels werelderfgoed virtueel onthuld"

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/12/13/stocletpaleis-voor-het-eerst-onthuld-aan-het-grote-publiek/#:~:text=Via%20een%20digitale%20reconstructie%20kunnen,opengesteld%20voor%20het%20grote%20publiek.